26 years later, System Shock 2's music is a crucial part of its level design, and turning it off is a tragedy

But they also root the game in time. System Shock 2 released in the dog days of summer, 1999. Its contemporaries were games ...

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This Australian puzzler that took seven years to make is basically Myst with endearingly naff FMVs and music composed by a 10-year-old

While Myst and its sequel Riven are omnipresent games thanks to developer Cyan Worlds constantly remaking them, games directly inspired by Myst are few and far between. The most notable example is ...